The team will hold a press conference this morning when it’s expected to announce the news.

Armstrong, who’s been with the club since 2008, was named GM in July of 2010. Among the moves he’s made was a trade with the Colorado Avalanche that shipped out former first overall pick defenseman Erik Johnson in return for forward Chris Stewart and defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk.

Goalie Jaroslav Halak was another Armstrong trade acquisition.

Armstrong also made the call last November to fire head coach Davis Payne and hire Ken Hitchcock. That decision was a wise one, as the Blues went on the finish the season with 109 points, tied for second most in the NHL.

Looking ahead, Armstrong has a number of pending restricted free agents on his roster, including franchise defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk, Stewart, and forward Patrik Berglund.

Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk has been the most difficult goalies to score against this season. Leave it to a high-level player like Leon Draisaitl to make it look this, well, “easy.”

Draisaitl scored his 13th goal of 2016-17 by capping this pretty give-and-go play with Benoit Pouliot. You can see the frustration from Dubnyk at the end of the tally, as if he was saying “How was I supposed to stop that?” (though probably with more colorful language).

Draisaitl came into Friday with five goals and three assists in his last five games, so he’s been almost unstoppable lately.